Jerry Bruckheimer

In 1979, Don Simpson met Bruckheimer while working on "American Gigolo" for Paramount. In 1982, Simpson left Paramount Pictures to start out its own independent company with a deal at Paramount, and weeks later, Simpson's production services were merged with Bruckheimer's. During his lifetime, he produced films in the 80s and 90s for Paramount like Flashdance: Em Ritmo de Embalo (1983), Ladrão de Corações (1984), Um Tira da Pesada (1984) and its sequel Um Tira da Pesada II (1987), Top Gun: Ases Indomáveis (1986) and Dias de Trovão (1990), most of them met with success.

After the minor failure of "Days of Thunder", Simpson and Bruckheimer severed its ties with Paramount, and signed a deal with The Walt Disney Studios. In the mid 90s, both Simpson and Bruckheimer produced O Árbitro (1994), Os Bad Boys (1995), Maré Vermelha (1995), Mentes Perigosas (1995) and A Rocha (1996). In 1995, Simpson and Bruckheimer terminated its relationship, and the next year Simpson died.

Bruckheimer expanded its activity on television with a deal at Touchstone Television. He produced two shows Mentes Perigosas (1996) for ABC and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) for Rysher Entertainment and TV affiliates and two telepics Max Q: Pouso de Emergência (1998) and O Desafio da Lei (1999), both for ABC.

The next few Bruckheimer productions after Simpson died in the late 90s and the early 2000s were Con Air: A Rota de Fuga (1997), Armageddon (1998), Inimigo do Estado (1998), 60 Segundos (2000) and Show Bar (2000). In 1998, he established Technical Black Films to produce the film Duelo de Titãs (2000). In 1999, his Bruckheimer production company signed a deal with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions to produce films over a two year period.

In 2000, Bruckheimer hit big with CSI: Investigação Criminal (2000). The success of the show led to spinoffs CSI: Miami (2002), CSI: Nova York (2004) and CSI: Cyber (2015). He followed the franchise up with the reality show The Amazing Race (2001), of which it is also an success made Bruckheimer a major producer for the CBS network. In 2001, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce TV shows. He followed up his TV career with Desaparecidos (2002) and Arquivo Morto (2003).

In 2001, he produced two war films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Falcão Negro em Perigo (2001). The former received negative critical reaction, and the latter gained them critical acclaim. He followed up in 2002 with Em Má Companhia (2002). Throughout the 2000s, Bruckheimer was an active entertainment producer, working on the films Canguru Jack (2003), O Custo da Coragem (2003), Rei Arthur (2004), Estrada para a Glória (2006), Déjà Vu (2006), Os Delírios de Consumo de Becky Bloom (2009) and Força-G (2009) for Disney Studios, and the TV shows Profiles from the Front Line (2003), Skin (2003), Pentágono: O Jogo do Poder (2005), Just Legal (2005), Em Nome da Justiça (2005), Justice (2006), Eleventh Hour - O Último Recurso (2008), Dark Blue: No Limite da Lei (2009) and Os Esquecidos (2009).

He is the creative force for franchise films. In 2003, he made a sequel to his "Bad Boys", Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys Para Sempre (2020), and he launched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, starting with Piratas do Caribe: A Maldição do Pérola Negra (2003), and spawning sequels like Piratas do Caribe: O Baú da Morte (2006), Piratas do Caribe: No Fim do Mundo (2007), Piratas do Caribe: Navegando em Águas Misteriosas (2011) and Piratas do Caribe: A Vingança de Salazar (2017) and the "National Treasure" franchise, comprising of two films A Lenda do Tesouro Perdido (2004) and A Lenda do Tesouro Perdido: Livro dos Segredos (2007).

In 2007, he had to partner with MTV to create a game studio, and joined the ZeniMax board of directors. In 2009, he launched Jerry Bruckheimer Games, and by 2011 rumored to be worked on three titles, before it was shut down in 2013.

By the 2010s, he was in declining force, and his films Príncipe da Pérsia: As Areias do Tempo (2010), O Aprendiz de Feiticeiro (2010), O Cavaleiro Solitário (2013), 12 Heróis (2018) and Projeto Gemini (2019) are turned out to be box office disappointments, and his TV shows Miami Medical (2010), Chase: A Perseguição (2010), Os Dois Lados da Justiça (2010), Hostages (2013), Dia de Treinamento (2017) and Council of Dads: Lembranças do Meu Pai (2020) turned out to be failures after one season.

In 2013, he signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to produce follow-up films to "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop" and their deal with Disney ended. Three years later, he terminated its deal with Warner Bros. Television and a year later signed with CBS Television Studios. His minor box office success rolled in with Livrai-nos do Mal (2014). His only big TV hits came in from the decade were Lúcifer (2016) and L.A.'s Finest: Unidas Contra o Crime (2019).

Bruckheimer was named as one of the investors of a proposed sports arena in Las Vegas, and had been rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League (NHL) to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the arena. Bruckheimer was also named as one of the investors of a proposed Seattle-based NHL expansion team whose application was submitted in early 2018. The NHL Board of Governors voted to approve the team, named the Seattle Kraken, on December 4, 2018, which will start play in the 2021-22 season. Jerry Bruckheimer was part of an investment group that also included Tim Leiweke (Oak View Group) and David Bonderman (minority owner NBA's Boston Celtics).

He is currently on post-production on the sequel to his 1986 film "Top Gun", Top Gun: Maverick (2022) for Paramount Pictures.